Villa Palermo Cafe, Fond Du Lac

Though Villa Palermo Café is small, the eatery’s menu is an entirely different story. The chefs have tweaked pages upon pages of dishes, ranging from traditional Italian entrees and thin-crust and Chicago-style pizza to dishes culled from Mexican and Greek culinary traditions. They begin their work in the early hours of the morning, pouring and frying wafer-thin sheets of batter into crepes, which arrive filled with a choice of fruit and drizzled with butter or hot maple syrup. As the lunch hour approaches, they shift over to pizza, paninis, and burgers, and customizable pasta options allow customers to help in the creation of the meal without the embarrassment of wearing an apron with a slogan about kisses. Like any good Italian café, the restaurant also offers steaming cups of cappuccino topped with whipped cream and traditional Italian desserts such as pistachio cannoli and homemade tiramisu.